Locker and snow-guard for removable car-steps.



J. N. MARQUBTTE. LOCKER AND SNOW GUARD FOR REMOVABLE GAR STEPS.

APPLIbATION FILED JUNE 30, 1913. 1 675 046.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

IIVVENTOR ATTORNEYS JQBOME N. IVIABQUETTE, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.;

LOCKER AND SNO'W-GUARD FOR REMOVABLE CAR-STEPS.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Get. '7, ii 913.

Application filed June 30, 1913. Serial No. 776,641.

.l b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JEROME N. MAR- QUETTE,a citizen of the United States, re siding at Binghamton in the county ofBrooine and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lockers and Snow-Guards for Removable Car-Steps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in lockers and snow guards forremovable car steps for railroad cars.

My device works in conjunction with the hinged part of the vestibuleplatform of a car, and it has for its object to provide an automaticlock for the removable step so as to prevent its being moved or takenout of its closed position when the step is in place and the car closed.

-lVith this object in View, my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts as will be fullydescribed andpointed out in the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in whieh- Figure l is a front View of afragmentary part of my device in unlocked posit on and with theremovable step let down. F1g. 2. is a side view of a fragmentary part ofmy device in unlocked position and with remov able step let down. Fig. 3,is a side View of my device as appliedin ldcked position to theremovable car step. Fig. 4 is aeside view of a modified form of mydevice as applied in locked position to the removable car step. Fig. 5is a front view of a modified form of my device as applied in lockedposition to the removable car step, and Fig. 6 is a side View of thesnow guard attached to theremovable car step.

My device applies particularly to the removable car step device forwhich I obtained Letters Patent of the United States, March 18, 1913,No. 1,056,745.

The same reference characters denote like pa ts in each of the severalfigures of the drawing.

It will benoted that thereare two gen eral forms of hinged traps investibule ear iatiorms, in one of which the trap, as shown in Fig. 3, ishinged to the car body E at its extreme edge by means of hinge a; in theother the hinge or pivot a of the trap A is at a distance from theextreme edge of the trap.

l'iifcarrying out my device I provide, pivotally mounted on the underside of the vestibule floor. trap A, the leg B extending vertically downvard through and'controlled by the guide mounted on the car body E atthe end of the car step X, and having the foot project-ion C on the baseof the same which is directly over the hanger F of the removable step Zwhen in its socket 2. In another form of my device I have pivotallyconnected at b with the end of the trap A the leg B passing verticallydownward beneath the trap A and having pivotal connection with ahorizontal. lever G which is pivotally mounted on the support H. Thissupport may be mounted on the step or tread X of the ear or against thecar body E at the-end of the step X, ac cording to the location of thesteps and end inclosures of the same. The outer end of the lever Grextends directly over the re movable step hanger F. In the form shown inFig. 3, when th step Z is raised up and hanger F is in its socket 2 andtrap A. is let down, the leg B and foot C glide downward and arepositioned close to and directly over said step hanger F.

In the modified form of my device, when the trap A is let down it'raisesup the pivotally mounted leg B which causes the outer end of the lever Gto move downward over the step hanger F. lVhenthe foot C or the lever Gare raised up from over the step hanger F the removable step Z and itshanger F can be raised upward and out from its socket 2, and passeddownward along the guides 3. 3 to its hanging position on the lower stepY for use of passengers entering or leaving the car. then it is desiredto close said step and lock it, the hangin step Z and its hanger F isfirst raised upward in the guides 3. 3 and let down into its socket 2 onstep X. The

trap A or A being then shut down it.

brings foot C or the end of lever G directly over the hanger F, and thusthe step Z cannot be again lifted out of its socket 2 until the trap Aor A is opened and the vestibule door opened, for the purpose of openingthe car. Onthe outer side of the brace of the removable step Z I havethe shield J which has upon it the projected shoulder K. The shield.being fastened to the brace f by means of the screws or bolts 4. 4. 4 orany convenient means. hen the hanging step Z is moved upward in theguides 3. 3 to be placed in its locked posi- -tion; the shield J andshoulder K are car ried with the step and form one a side shield toguides 3. 3 and the other a .top shield, protecting the guides from snowor ice collecting therein. I

Thus having described my invention, What I claim as new is as follows: I

1. 1n a lock and snow guard for removable car steps, a rod extendinginto a foot projection, saidrod having hinged connection with the underside of a platform trap of a vestibule car, said foot projection beingover and in alinement with the hanger of said step, a guide mounted, onthe car body or step end, said rod passing through said guide; avertical shield mounted on said step hanger and having an upperprojectihg shoulder conforming in alinement with-the hangers of saidstep and adapted to slide above and over the same when said step ismoved to' its closed position.

2. In alock and snow guard for removable car steps,' a rod having. ahinged con nection with the inner end of the hinged trap of the carplatform, a horizontal lever pivotally mounted on the face of the carbody at the end of the car step and having pivotalconnection with said.rod, the free end of said lever being in alinement with and extendingover the han er of said step; a vertical shield mounte on said stephanger and having an upper projecting shoulder conforming in alinementwith the moved to its closed position. I

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

I JEROME N. MARQUETTE. Witnesses S. A. VALENTINE,

M. F. TERRY.

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hanger of said step andadapted to slide above and .over thesame whensaid step is

